Music
Fri. & Sat., Nov. 2 & 3
Scenes from Famous Operas
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. Sch. of Music opera students will perform in scenes from operas by Mozart, Delibes, Debussy, Massenet and Corigliano. Tickets: $8; $5 for students. Info.: (203) 432-4158; www.yale.edu/schmus. (Sch. of Music)
Wednesday, Nov. 7
Lunchtime Chamber Music
12:30 p.m. BAC. Chamber works performed by Sch. of Music chamber ensembles. (Sch. of Music)
Thursday, Nov. 8
"Giants of Jazz"
8 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. The Yale Jazz Ensemble, led by David M. Brandenburg, will perform works by Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, Charles Mingus and others. (University Bands)
Friday, Nov. 9
Philharmonia Orchestra of Yale
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. Jesse Levine, guest conductor, and Cecilia Lee, cello. Works by Copland, Schumann and Tchaikovsky. A pre-concert discussion with Levine will take place at 7 p.m. in
Rm. 412, Leigh Hall. (Sch. of Music)
Saturday, Nov. 10
Artist Diploma Recital
1 p.m. Sudler Recital Hall. Mateusz Zechowski, oboe. (Sch. of Music)
Yale Symphony Orchestra
8 p.m. Woolsey Hall. The Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Shinik Hahm, will perform Schoenberg's "Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra after Handel" with the Tokyo String Quartet. Other works include Mahler's "Symphony No. 1" and a fanfare by Thomas C. Duffy. Tickets: $7; $4 for students. Info.: (203) 432-4140.
Sunday, Nov. 11
"Come Again: English Lute Songs
and Madrigals"
2 p.m. BAC. Lutenist Catherine Liddell, Yale undergraduate singers and guitarists, and the Yale Collegium Musicum will perform under the direction of Richard Lalli.
"A Concert Commemorating
the 50th Anniversary of the
Holtkamp Organ in Battell Chapel"
8 p.m. Battell Chapel. Organists Kendall Crilly, Martin Jean, Patrick McCreless and Thomas Murray will perform works by Bach, Mozart, Muffat and Pepping. (Great Organ Music at Yale)
Theater
Fri. & Sat., Nov. 2 & 3
"Spoonface Steinberg"
8:30 p.m. & 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. Written by Lee Hall and directed by Shannon C.M. Flynn. Tickets: $10; $8 for students; memberships available. Info. and reservations: (203) 432-1566.
"Three Sisters"
Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Yale Rep. Written by Anton Chekhov, translated by Paul Schmidt and directed by Jackson Gay. Tickets: $15-$18; discounts available for students and seniors. Info.: (203) 432-1234. (Sch. of Drama)
Fri.-Sun., Nov. 2-4
"Chicken Trek"
Friday, 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.; Saturday, 1 p.m., 3 p.m. & 7 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. 248 Park St. Tickets: $3; $2 for children; free on Saturday at
1 p.m. Info.: matthew.r.johnson@yale.edu; (203) 436-3294. (Yale Children's Theater)
Fri. & Sat., Nov. 2 & 3; Mon.-Sat., Nov. 5-10
"Kingdom of Earth"
Monday, 7 p.m.; Tuesday-Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. New Theater, Green Hall. Written by Tennessee Williams; directed by Stan Wojewodski Jr. Post-show discussion with artistic team Nov. 3; pay-what-you-can Nov. 5. Tickets: $20-$38; subscriptions available. Info.: (203) 432-1234. (Yale Rep)
Thurs.-Sat., Nov. 8-10
"Kennedy's Children"
Thursday, 8:30 p.m.; Friday & Saturday,
8:30 p.m. & 11 p.m. Yale Cabaret. Written by Robert Patrick and directed by Gia Forakis. Tickets: $10; $8 for students; memberships available. Info. and reservations: (203) 432-1566.
Talks
Friday, Nov. 2
"Oil, Drugs and Diamonds: How Resource Wealth is Linked to Civil War"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Michael Ross, UCLA. Part of the series "Hinterlands, Frontiers, Cities and States: Transactions and Identities." (Program in Agrarian Studies)
"War and Feminism: What Can
History Teach Us?"
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Dining hall, Branford College. Open conversation for faculty and students led by Naomi Rogers and Cynthia Russett. Part of the series "Responding to 9/11 and Its Aftermath: Questions of Gender." (Women's & Gender Studies Program/Women's Center/Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies)
"Parents' Involvement with Their Children's Education: Lessons from Three Immigrant Groups"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Lab. Cynthia Garcia-Coll, director, Center for the Study of Human Development, Brown Univ. (Bush Center)
"The Meiji Restoration: Realigning
the Center-Periphery Perspective"
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Fred Notehelfer, UCLA. (CEAS)
"Do Changes in Pension Incentives Affect Retirement? A Longitudinal Study
of Subjective Retirement Expectations"
12:15-1:45 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Ann Huff Stevens. (Labor and Population Workshop, EGC)
"'The Age of Reptiles' Mural
as a Work of Art"
1 p.m. Peabody Museum. Vincent Scully will take an in-depth look at Rudolph Zallinger's world famous mural in the Great Hall of Dinosaurs. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D.)
Congressman Amo Houghton
1:30-3 p.m. Dining rm., Berkeley Divinity Sch. Congressman Amo Houghton of Corning, New York, will discuss his career, his faith and his view of the current crisis. An Evensong Service and Homily will follow at 4:30 p.m. in St. Luke's Chapel.
"The Criminalization of the
Non-Medical Use of Drugs"
2-3:30 p.m. Rm. 129, SLB. Charles Whitebread, Univ. of Southern California, will present the Dean's Lecture. (Law Sch.)
Arts of the Book Collection Event
3:30 p.m. SML. Dikko Faust and Esther K. Smith, owners of the Purgatory Pie Press in New York, will discuss their collaborative work making artists' books.
"The Everyday, the Text and the Institution: The Feminist Groundwork of Institutional Ethnography"
4 p.m. Rm. 119, HGS. Dorothy E. Smith, Univ. of Toronto, will present the Hollingshead Lecture. (Dept. of Sociology)
"Technology and the Rule of Law"
4 p.m. Rm. 127, SLB. Bill Joy, co-founder, chief scientist and corporate executive officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc., presents the Charles S. Mechem Jr. Fellowship Lecture. (Law Sch.)
Saturday, Nov. 3
"Great British Paintings"
Noon. BAC. Gallery Talk tour.
Sunday, Nov. 4
"Reflections on the Present Crisis"
7 p.m. Battell Chapel. Donald Kagan. Part of the series "Democracy, Security and Justice."
Monday, Nov. 5
Political Economy Workshop
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Philip Lane, Trinity College. (Leitner Program)
"Emotional Intelligence and Personality
in Social Interaction"
1:30-2:30 p.m. Rm. 207, Kirtland Hall. Paulo Lopez. (PACE)
Trade and Development Workshop
3:30-5 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Robert Staiger, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison. (EGC)
"The United States and Plan Colombia: Escalating the War on Drugs"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 103, Luce Hall. William O. Walker III, Florida Int'l. Univ. Refreshments will be served. (Council for Latin American Studies)
"Calvino Sognatore"
4:30 p.m. Romance Languages Lounge, 3rd flr., 82-90 Wall St. Remo Cèsarani. (Dept. of Italian)
"Architecture as Culture
and Counterculture"
7:30 p.m. McNeil Lecture Hall, YUAG. David Sellers '65 M. Arch. Part of the DeVane Lecture Series "Ideals Without Ideologies: Yale's Contribution to Modern Architecture."
Tuesday, Nov. 6
"Marketing, Communications and Crisis Management in a Borderless World"
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. General Motors Rm., Horchow Hall. Martin Sorrell, group chief executive, WPP Group. (Yale SOM Leaders Forum Program)
"Generosity & Prosperity:
How Philanthropy Saved Capitalism"
Noon-1:30 p.m. Bsmt., ISPS. Claire Gaudiani. (PONPO)
"Gilbert Stuart's 'The Skater'"
12:30 p.m. BAC. Art in Context talk by Jules D. Prown.
"Rediscovering Fra Angelico:
A Fragmentary History"
2 p.m. YUAG. Gallery Talk by Clay Dean.
"In Search of ISO: What Explains
the Global Diffusion of ISO 14001"
4 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Magali Delmas, Donald Bren Sch. of Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara. (Industrial Environmental Management, F&ES)
"Santa Rosa de Lima and the Erotics
of Mysticism"
4 p.m. Rm. 309, WLH. Frank Graziano. (Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese)
Master's Tea
4:30 p.m. Calhoun College master's house. Richard Lowry, editor of National Review.
Wednesday, Nov. 7
"Modern Irish Drama: Christina Reid,
'The Belle of Belfast City'"
10:30-11:30 a.m. Lecture hall, SML. Murray Biggs. Open to members of the Yale University Women's Organization. There is a fee. (YUWO)
"Anthropological Ethics and Child
Survival in Brazil"
Noon. Lower level conf. rm., ISPS. Linda-Anne Rebhun. Part of the Interdisciplinary Bioethics Workshop. To reserve a lunch, contact Carol Pollard at (203) 432-6188 or carol.pollard@yale.edu.
"The Politics of Wildlife Conservation"
Noon-1 p.m. 70 Sachem St. Steve Sanderson, president and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society, will discuss "Creating Political Models for Wildlife Conservation." Kent Redford, director of biodiversity analysis and coordination at the Wildlife Conservation Society, will discuss "Contested Tradeoffs: Poverty Alleviation and Biodiversity Conservation."
Southeast Asia Studies Brown Bag Seminar
Noon. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Jahja Hanafie, World Wildlife Fund, Indonesia.
Master's Tea
2 p.m. Saybrook College master's house. James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. (Poynter Fellowship in Journalism)
"Highlights of Lessons Learned
in Structure-Based Drug Design"
2 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL. Michael Varney, Agouron Pharmaceuticals. (Dept. of Chemistry)
"Notes on the Religious Background
of the Aramaic Magic Bowl Texts"
4 p.m. Rm. B04, 451 College St. Hannu Juusola. (Dept. of Religious Studies)
"New Media, New Menaces: What America's New War is Showing Us About Ourselves"
4 p.m. McNeil Lecture Hall, YUAG. James Fallows of The Atlantic Monthly, will present the Gary
Fryer Memorial Lecture, then take part in a panel discussion with alumni journalists Ruth Conniff of
The Progressive, Tish Durkin of The National Journal, Seth Schiesel of The New York Times and Jacob Weisberg of Slate. (Poynter Fellowship in Journalism)
"Crisis in the Andes: A First-Hand Look
at America's Greatest Foreign Policy Challenge in the Western Hemisphere"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 103, Luce Hall. Dave Worth, author and political consultant. (ISS)
"Eggs, Hens, Coops and Castrati: Carnival and Redemption in 18th-Century Opera"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 207, WLH. Martha Feldman, Univ. of Chicago. (Dept. of Music)
"Top Down vs. Bottom Up Approaches
to Marine Protected Area Design
and Implementation"
5 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Deborah McArdle, marine advisor for the Univ. of California Sea Grant Cooperative Extension. Part of the Munson Distinguished Lecture Series, "Marine Protected Areas: Translating Science into Practice." (Center for Coastal and Watershed Systems/F&ES)
"The Iconography of Early Exploration"
5:15 p.m. BAC. William Reese, rare book dealer.
"Celebrating the Centennial
of Telecommunications and
the Men that Impacted the World"
8 p.m. Aud., KGL. Robert Wheeler. (Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences)
Thursday, Nov. 8
"Great British Painting"
11 a.m. BAC. Gallery Talk tour.
"Gender and the 'War on Terrorism':
What Does the Taliban's Violence Towards Women Have To Do with the U.S. Military Response?"
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Dining hall, Branford College. Open conversation for faculty and students led by Kamari Clarke and Vron Ware. Part of the series "Responding to 9/11 and Its Aftermath: Questions of Gender." (Women's & Gender Studies Program/Women's Center/Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies)
Institute for the Advanced Study
of Religion Luncheon Seminar
Noon. Rm. 401, HGS. Laura Levitt, Temple Univ. Sandwiches and refreshments will be served.
"Rediscovering Fra Angelico:
A Fragmentary History"
Noon. YUAG. Gallery Talk by Clay Dean.
"The Girl Who Was a Syllable:
Textual Criticism and Interpretation
in the 'Cantigas d'Amigo'"
Noon. 3rd flr., 82-90 Wall St. Rip Cohen, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. (Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese)
"Book Discussion: 'The French Lieutenant's Woman' (1969) by John Fowles"
2-3 p.m. BAC. Discussion led by Hedda Kopf, author and adjunct professor of English, Quinnipiac Univ.
"The Conspiracy Theme in Early-Nineteenth Century Russian Literature and the Speransky Case"
4 p.m. Pierson College master's house. Andrei Zorin, NYU, will present the Woodward Lecture. (Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures)
"ISO 14001: Explaining Cross-National Variations"
4 p.m. Bowers Aud., Sage Hall. Aseem Prakash, George Washington Univ. Sch. of Business and Public Management. (Industrial Environmental Management, F&ES)
"Japanese Welfare Capitalism
in Comparative Perspective"
4 p.m. Rm. 202, Luce Hall. Margarita Estevez-Abe, Harvard Univ. (CEAS)
"Modern PRC Scholarship on Traditional Chinese Women Poets"
4 p.m. Rm. 103, Luce Hall. Zhang Hongsheng, Nanjing Univ. (CEAS)
"The Wall Around the West: State Power and Border Controls in North America
and Europe"
4 p.m. Rm. 203, Luce Hall. Timothy Snyder of Yale and Peter Andreas of Brown Univ. (ISS)
"Muslims & Christians: Conflict
and Cooperation Worldwide"
4 p.m. Saint Thomas More. Gabriel Reynolds, Ph.D. candidate in Islamic studies.
"Did the Anglo-Saxons Have a Social Conscience Like Us?"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 319, LC. E.G. Stanley, Univ. of Oxford. Reception will follow.
"A Permutational Unfolding:
Art & Science"
5 p.m. Beaumont Rm., SHM. Eve Andrée Laramée, Fairfield Univ. (Program for Humanities in Medicine)
"The Face in the Mirror:
Van Gogh's Self Portraits"
8 p.m. Rm. 108, WHC. George T.M. Shackelford, curator, Art of Europe, Boston Museum of Fine Arts. (Muriel Gardiner Program in Psychoanalysis and the Humanities)
Friday, Nov. 9
"Marketing Nexus of Recording, Phonograph, Press Advertising
and Radio in 1930s Korea"
4 p.m. Rm. 211, HGS. Michael Robinson, Indiana Univ. (CEAS)
"Early Childhood Education and Care, Inequality and the Welfare State"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. 211, Mason Lab. Janet Gornick, City Univ. of New York. (Bush Center)
Microeconomics Workshop on Labor
and Population
12:15-1:45 p.m. Rm. 106, 28 Hillhouse Ave. Stephen Cacciola. (EGC)
"Places of Development: Colonial Experts Come to Grips with the Peasants
of the Office du Niger in the Last Century"
11 a.m.-1 p.m. Seminar rm., ISPS. Mamadou Diawara, Center for Research on Local Knowledge, Mali. (Program in Agrarian Studies)
Tercentennial Lecture
4 p.m. Aud., Luce Hall. James M. Jeffords '56, U.S. Senator from Vermont. A reception will follow in the Luce Hall common room on the second floor.
Saturday, Nov. 10
"Wilde Americk"
Noon. BAC. Gallery Talk tour.
Sunday, Nov. 11
"The Arab-Israeli Conflict as a Factor
in the Current Crisis/Future Strategies"
7 p.m. Aud., SLB. Avi Shlaim, St. Antony's College, Oxford. Part of the series "Democracy, Security and Justice."
Films
Friday, Nov. 2
"Sunset Boulevard"
7 p.m. & 10 p.m. WHC. Directed by Billy Wilder. Starring Gloria Swanson, William Holden and Erich von Stroheim. Tickets: $5; $3 with Yale I.D.; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yalefilmsociety.com.
Fri. & Sat., Nov. 2 & 3
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch"
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed
by John Cameron Mitchell. Starring John Cameron Mitchell and Michael Pitt. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/
ymsfs.
Sunday, Nov. 4
"Mary Silliman's War" (1994)
2:30 p.m. YUAG. Directed by Stephen Surjik. Starring Nancy Palk and Richard Donat. Shown in conjunction with the exhibition "Myer Myers: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York."
"The Seventh Seal"
7:30 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Ingmar Bergman. Starring Max von Sydow. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ ymsfs.
Thursday, Nov. 8
"ROOT -- Talk Between Tan Dun
and His Hometown" (2000)
& "Jiang Hu: Life on the Road" (1999)
7 p.m. Aud., Luce Hall. Documentaries directed by Sheng Bo-ji and Wu Wenguang. Part of the China Film Series "Reflecting Arts: From Painting to Peking Opera." (CEAS)
Friday, Nov. 9
"Dog Day Afternoon"
7 p.m. & 10 p.m. WHC. Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Al Pacino and John Cazale. Tickets: $5; $3 with Yale I.D.; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yalefilmsociety.com.
Fri. & Sat., Nov. 9 & 10
"Ghost World"
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by Terry Zwigoff. Starring Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson and Steve Buscemi. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ ymsfs.
Saturday, Nov. 10
"The Sporting Life" (1963)
2 p.m. BAC. Directed by Lindsay Anderson.
Sunday, Nov. 11
"Johnny Tremain" (1957)
2:30 p.m. YUAG. Directed by Robert Stevenson. Starring Hal Stalmaster and Luana Patten. Shown in conjunction with the exhibition "Myer Myers: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York."
"Lawrence of Arabia"
7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. Harkness Aud. Directed by David Lean. Starring Peter O'Toole and Alec Guinness. Tickets: $3; free with $10 membership. Info.: www.yale.edu/ymsfs.
For Students Only
Monday, Nov. 5
"Economic Thesis Strategies"
12:30-1:30 p.m. Rm. 303, Mudd Library. Librarians will assist economics students in senior theses research. Sessions, limited to 12 people, will focus on the most useful paper and electronic resources available through the Social Science Library. Info. and registration: denise.hersey@yale.edu.
Wednesday, Nov. 7
Light Fellowship Informational Meeting
4-5 p.m. Rm. 305, 55 Whitney Ave. Undergraduate, graduate and professional students interested in studying the Chinese, Japanese or Korean language in East Asia are invited to learn how the Richard U. Light Fellowship can fund their studies for a summer, term or year. Deadline for applications for the summer or fall of 2002 or the 2002-2003 academic year is Jan. 25. Info.: (203) 764-8342.
Friday, Nov. 9
Nonprofit Career Fair
11 a.m.-3 p.m. Lanman Center, PWG. (Undergraduate Career Services)
Conferences/Symposia
Fri. & Sat., Nov. 2 & 3
"The Material Culture of Colonial
and Early Federal New York"
10 a.m. McNeil Lecture Hall, YUAG. Session topics include "Colonial New Yorkers and Their World," "New Yorkers' Material Goods" and "The Federal Period." Speakers include curators, directors, professors and specialists from George Washington's Mount Vernon, The Museum of the City of New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Christie's New York and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Registration required. Info. and registration: (203) 432-0632; joanne.thompson@yale.edu. (Decorative Arts Society/YUAG)
"Architecture or Revolution: Charles Moore and Architecture at Yale in the 1960s"
Friday, 6:30 p.m. A&A. Program opens with an address by Jean-Louis Cohen of NYU titled "The '68 Effect: Transatlantic Schism to Intellectual Reconstruction." Saturday session speakers include Patricia Morton, Deborah Fausch, William Mitchell and Michael Sorkin. Robert Venturi and Denise Scott will present closing remarks. Info.: (203) 432-2288; www.architecture.yale.edu. (Sch. of Architecture)
Fri.-Sun., Nov. 2-4
"Rethinking the Restoration:
New Approaches to the Bakumatsu-Meiji Transition"
Friday, 4-5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday reception in Rm. 211, HGS; Saturday and Sunday sessions in Rm. 202, Luce Hall. Info.: (203) 432-3428; www.yale. edu/ycias/ceas/events.html. (CEAS)
Saturday, Nov. 3
"After the Breast Cancer: Treatment
Issues and Survivorship Strategies"
8 a.m.-1 p.m. Harkness Aud., SHM. Y-ME of Connecticut 12th Annual Breast Cancer Symposium will feature discussions on such topics as "Health Strategies After the Cancer," "Insurance Issues: Help for the Survivor" and "Dealing with Depression and Anxiety." (Cancer Center)
"Spirituality and Prayer: Wisdom
for the Rule of St. Benedict"
10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saint Thomas More. Joan Chittister, OSB, will lead a day of prayer and reflection. Registration required. Fee: $10 pre-registered, without lunch; $20 pre-registered, with a bag lunch; $15 at the door, without lunch; free with Yale I.D. Info. and registration: (203) 777-5537; morehouse@yale.edu.
Tuesday, Nov. 6
Symposium on Israeli Cinema/
Palestinian Cinema
8 p.m. Rm. 208, WHC. Speakers include moderator Charles Musser, Ala Alryyes, Nurith Gertz, Beatrice Gruendler, Benjamin Harshav and Judd Ne'eman. Info.: Barbara Devlin, (203) 432-0843; for film screening times, send e-mail to nurith.gertz @yale.edu. (Program in Judaic Studies/Literature Major/Film Studies Program/WHC)
Fri. & Sat., Nov. 9 & 10
"The Future of American Banking"
2:30-4 p.m. Rm. 108, 28 Hillhouse Ave. (Workshop in Economic History, EGC)
Biomedical
Sciences
Friday, Nov. 2
"Mechanisms of Allograft Rejection
and Tolerance"
8:30 a.m. Beeson Library, 6th flr., HRT. Dr.
Fadi Lakkis. (Section of Allergy and Clinical Immunology)
"Insulin Resistance Molecular
and Clinical Aspects"
1 p.m. Rm. 206, BCMM. Dr. Steve O'Rahilly, Cambridge Univ. (Endocrine Physiology and Therapeutics Conference)
Monday, Nov. 5
"Controlling Mitosis and Genomic Stability by the APC Regulators Emil and Cdc14"
4 p.m. Rm. 110, JEH. Dr. Peter Jackson, Stanford Univ. Sch. of Medicine. Tea will be served at
3:45 p.m. (Dept. of Molecular Biophysics and
Biochemistry)
"Etiologic Dynamics of Viral Encephalitis
in Thailand: A Geographical Approach"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 608, LEPH. Dr. Timothy Henrich. (Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases/ EPH)
"Drosophila: A Genetic Model to Study Hypoxic Tissue Injury"
4-5 p.m. Rm. 206, BCMM. Dr. Gabriel G. Haddad. (VBT-IPCT)
Tuesday, Nov. 6
"Coding of 3D Shape in Macaque
Inferior Temporal Cortex"
Noon-1 p.m. Rm. B145, SHM. Rufin Vogels, Katholieke Univ Leuven Medical Sch., Belgium. (Dept. of Neurobiology)
"Apoptosis: 'Tis Death that Makes
Life Live'"
4 p.m. Rm. 110, JEH. Tak Mak. (Dept. of Genetics)
"Structural Biology in Signal Transduction Related to Cancer: HGF and IL-13"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 253, SCL. Dr. R. Andrew Byrd, National Cancer Institute. (Dept. of Chemistry)
Wednesday, Nov. 7
"Miotic Recombination in Mice and Humans: Mechanisms and Regulation"
4 p.m. Rm. 226, OML. Jay Tischfield, Rutgers Univ. Tea will be served at 3:45 p.m. (MCDB)
"Highlights of Lessons Learned
in Structure-Based Drug Design"
4:30 p.m. Rm. 160, SCL. Michael Varney, Agouron Pharmaceuticals. (Dept. of Chemistry)
Thursday, Nov. 8
"MHC Proteins, T Cell Receptors and the Biochemistry of Antigen Presentation"
11 a.m. Fitkin Amph. Lawrence J. Stern, MIT. (Section of Immunobiology)
"Life Beyond Estrogens: Androgens in the Complete Postmenopausal Replacement"
4 p.m. Brady Aud., Lauder Hall. Dr. John Buster, Baylor College of Medicine. (Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds)
"Injuries to the Inferior Vena Cava"
& "Digital Anatomy"
5 p.m. Rm. 216, JEH. Dr. Nabil Atweh, Bridgeport Hospital, and William Stewart of Yale. (Dept. of Surgery Grand Rounds)
"What Clinicians Need To Know
About Anthrax and Smallpox"
6:30-8:30 p.m. Fitkin Amph. Dr. Majid Sadigh and Dr. Frank Bia. Reservations: Dr. Michael Bennick, (203) 688-2196. (Dept. of Internal Medicine)
Friday, Nov. 9
"Mechanisms Underlying Apoptosis Induced by Adenosine Analogs in Human Astorcytoma Cells"
12:30 p.m. Rm. B137, BML. Maria Pia Abbracchio. (Dept. of Pathology)
"Tyrosine Phosphatase Epsilon as Promoter of Neu-Induced Mammary Tumorigenesis"
12:30 p.m. Giarman Rm., SHM. Dr. Ari Elson, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. Coffee and cookies will be served at 12:15 p.m. (Dept. of Pharmacology)
And...
Saturday, Nov. 3
"The Cultures of Native America:
Past, Present and Future"
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Peabody Museum. A day of song, dance, crafts and educational family activities celebrating the ancestry of Native American peoples. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors; free with Yale I.D.)
"Picture This!"
10:30 a.m.-noon. BAC. Children's art program.
Sunday, Nov. 4
"The Maya World"
1:30-3:30 p.m. YUAG. The second of three sessions exploring the art, writing and astronomy of the ancient Maya civilization through objects
in the gallery's collection and hands-on craft making. Open to children 9 to 12 years old. Fee: $15 for materials; scholarships available. Info. and registration: (203) 436-1559. (Members of the Yale Art Museums)
Book Signing
2 p.m. Yale Bookstore. C.H. Schnepf, English professor at Gateway Community College, will read from his second volume of poetry, "The Sadness in Pine Needles Falling."
Mon. & Wed., Nov. 5 & 7
"Business Writing"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $110; $90 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.
Tuesday, Nov. 6
"Outstanding Customer Service
for Managers"
9 a.m.-4 p.m. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $110; $90 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.
Wednesday, Nov. 7
"Turning Strategy Into Results"
9 a.m.-noon. Marsh Rm., Peabody Museum. Fee: $65; $50 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.
"Building a Successful Team"
9 a.m.-3 p.m. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Fee: $110; $90 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.
Book Signing
4 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Harriet Scott Chessman will read from "Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper." Each of the five chapters of the novel center around one of Mary Cassatt's paintings.
Wed. & Thurs., Nov. 7 & 8
Flu Vaccine Clinic
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. First flr., YUHS. Free flu vaccines for members of the Yale community. Info.: (203) 432-0093.
Thursday, Nov. 8
"Brown Bag Lunch: Workplace Violence Awareness"
12:10-1 p.m. Aud., Peabody Museum. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.
"Running Effective Team Meetings"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. 1, 153 College St. Second session will meet on Nov. 15. Fee: $110; $90 for members of the Yale community. Registration: www.yale.edu/ learningcenter.
"Fundamentals of Organizational Development: Understanding Group Life"
9 a.m.-noon. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Second and third sessions meet on Nov. 15 and 29. Registration: www.yale.edu/learningcenter.
Saturday, Nov. 10
Book Signing
4:30 p.m. Yale Bookstore. Clinical psychologist Gerald Faris and sociologist Ralph Faris will discuss their book "Living in the Dead Zone: Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison, Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder."
Exhibition Opening Reception
7-8 p.m. Lower gallery, Green Hall. Reception for the opening of the Yale-Norfolk undergraduate exhibition of works by Charles Wiley Kestner and Marian Smith. (Sch. of Art)
Sunday, Nov. 11
"The Maya World"
1:30-3:30 p.m. YUAG. The last of three sessions exploring the art, writing and astronomy of the Maya civilization through objects in the gallery's collection and hands-on craft making. Open to children 9 to 12 years old. Fee: $15 for materials; scholarships available. Info. and registration: (203) 436-1559. (Members of the Yale Art Museums)
ONGOING ACTIVITIES
Tours
Yale Astronomy Public Nights
First Thursday of each month, 9 p.m. Top level, Pierson-Sage Parking Garage. Visitors will have the opportunity to view astronomical objects such as the moon, planets, star clusters and galaxies through one of the department's many telescopes. Astronomers will be on hand to describe the objects. Info.: www.astro.yale.edu.
Guided Tours of Campus
Monday-Friday, 10:30 a.m. & 2 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, 1:30 p.m. Yale Visitor Center, 149 Elm St. Info.: (203) 432-2300.
Highlights Tours of the Peabody Museum
Saturday & Sunday, 1 p.m. Lobby, Peabody Museum. Free with museum admission ($5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D.). Info.: (203) 432-5050; www.peabody.yale.edu.
Masterpiece Tours of the Yale Art Gallery
Saturday, 1:30 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. YUAG. Tours of the permanent collection led by docents.
Exhibitions
School of Architecture
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. "Architecture or Revolution: Charles Moore and Architecture at Yale in the 1960s," through Dec. 21.
School of Art
Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Lower gallery, Green Hall. Yale-Norfolk undergraduate exhibition of works
by Charles Wiley Kestner and Marian Smith,
Nov. 4-10.
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday,
10 a.m.-5 p.m. "A Library for its Time: Collections Then & Now, 1701-2001," through Dec. 21.
Peabody Museum of Natural History
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. "The African Roots of the Amistad Rebellion: Masks of the Sacred Bush," through Feb. 2002; "The Muskrat & The Osprey: The Hidden Quinnipiac Marsh," on view indefinitely; "Peru: From Village to Empire," through Jan. 3, 2002. Admission: $5; $3 for children and seniors; free with valid Yale I.D.
School of Medicine
Medical Historical Library rotunda, "History of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library," through November.
Yale Center for British Art
Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. "'Wilde Americk': Discovery and Exploration of the New World," through Dec. 30; "Great British Paintings from American Collections: Holbein to Hockney," through Dec. 30.
Yale Physicians Building Art Place
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Paintings, photographs, sculptures, pottery, quilts, weaving and other works by local artists and University faculty and staff; through March 2002.
Yale University Art Gallery
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, 1-
6 p.m. "A Gallery of Poems," through Nov. 4; "Myer Myers 1723-1795: Jewish Silversmith in Colonial New York," through Dec. 30; "The Art of Mu Xin -- Landscape Paintings and Prison Notes," through Dec. 9; "Rediscovering Fra Angelico: A Fragmentary History," through Dec. 30; "John Singer Sargent: The Painter as Sculptor," through April 21, 2002.
Meetings
Alcoholics Anonymous
Monday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Big Book Meeting; Tuesday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Living Sober Meeting; Wednesday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Promises and Traditions Meeting; Wednesday, 8 p.m., YUHS basement, Meeting; Thursday, 7:30 a.m., St. Thomas More Chapel Hall, Open Step Meeting; Friday, 7:30 a.m., Dwight Hall, Open Topic Discussion Meeting; Sunday, 8 a.m., YUHS basement, Open Discussion Meeting.
Alzheimer's Disease Support Group
First Thursday of each month, 1:15 p.m. 6th flr., 1 Church St. The Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit is offering a support group for relatives and friends of those with Alzheimer's disease. Dessert and coffee will be served. Info.: (203) 764-8100.
ASHA-Yale
Second Thursday of each month, 7 p.m. Rm. 119/120b, HGS. ASHA-Yale is a volunteer organization dedicated to promoting basic education in India. Info.: asha@yale. edu; www.yale.edu/asha.
Becoming Better Teachers:
A Medical Education Discussion Group
Fourth Tuesday of each month, noon-1 p.m. Computer lab, Medical Sch. library, 333 Cedar St. (Office of Academic Development)
Greater New Haven Toastmasters
Second and fourth Wednesday of each month, 6:30-8:15 p.m. Rm. 405, BASS. All members and guests are welcome to join the public speaking improvement group. Info.: Sid Kelly, (203) 882-2542, (203) 937-1922 or skelly16@snet.net.
Marxist Reading Group
Alternate Fridays beginning Sept. 14, 4 p.m. Rm. 108, WHC. Readings available in WHC main office. Info.: www.yale.edu/amstud/marxism; john.mackay@yale.edu.
Yale Korean BioScience Society (YKBS)
Second Thursday of each month, 6-9 p.m.
Rm. c015, SHM. Seminars will be presented by the professional group. Info.: www.yale.edu/ykbs.
Yale-New Haven Yiddish Reading Circle
Wednesday, noon-1:15 p.m. Slifka Center. Reading of modern and classical Yiddish literature. Reading knowledge of Yiddish is desirable. Info.: (203) 288-8206.
Yale Poetry Group
Alternate Thursdays beginning Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Calhoun College fellows room.
Yale Toastmasters Club
Friday, noon-1 p.m. Rm. LLI, 221 Whitney Ave. Open to members of the Yale community. Info.: Ann Straub, (203) 436-3903; ann.straub@yale.edu.
Language Tables
Arabic Table
Tuesday, noon. Ezra Stiles College dining hall. Bassam Frangieh. (Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations)
Chinese Table
Wednesday, noon. Silliman College dining hall. Zhengguo Kang. Info.: (203) 432-2938. (Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures)
French Table
Monday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Ezra Stiles College dining hall, Ryan Poynter and Brooke Donaldson; Wednesday, 12:30-1:30 p.m. (beginning Sept. 26), Trumbull College dining hall, Ruth Koizim and Marina Davies; Thursday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Silliman College dining hall, Jeffrey Boyd and Vincent Giroud. (Dept. of French)
German Table
Wednesday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Pierson College dining hall; Thursday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Branford College dining hall. (Germanic Languages and Literature)
Japanese Table
Thursday, noon. Silliman College dining hall. Hiroyo Nishimura. Info.: (203) 432-2943. (Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures)
Korean Table
Wednesday, noon, Morse College dining hall; Thursday, noon, Saybrook College dining hall. Seungja Choi. Info.: (203) 432-2866. (Dept. of East Asian Languages and Literatures)
Portuguese Table
Monday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Silliman College dining hall; Monday, 5-6 p.m., Davenport College dining hall; Tuesday, 5-6 p.m., Jonathan Edwards College dining hall; Friday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Ezra Stiles College dining hall. (Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese)
Russian Table
Tuesday, 7 p.m., McDougal Center Cafe, Robin Ladouceur; Thursday, 12:30-1:30 p.m., Pierson College dining hall, Julia Titus. (Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures)
Spanish Table
Elementary, Wednesday, 12:30 p.m.; intermediate, Thursday, 12:30 p.m.; advanced conversational, Monday, 12:30 p.m. Silliman College dining hall. (Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese)
Religion
University Public Worship
Sunday, 11 a.m. Battell Chapel. Rabbi Laura Geller, Temple Emanuel, California, will present a Tercentennial preaching event sermon on Nov. 4; the Reverend William H. Willimon, dean of Duke Chapel, Duke Univ., will present a Tercentennial preaching event sermon on Nov. 11. Info.: (203) 432-8750. (Church of Christ in Yale, member church of the United Church of Christ)
Episcopal Church at Yale
Student Life Center (SLC), 341 Elm St. Sunday,
5 p.m., Dwight Chapel, Holy Communion, followed by dinner on the first Sunday of each month at the SLC. Sunday, 10 p.m., Christ Church,
84 Broadway, Compline, medieval sung prayer service. Wednesday, 6:15 p.m., Berkeley Divinity Sch., Midweek Communion, meet at SLC for transportation. The Reverend Kathleen Dorr, chaplain. Info.: (203) 789-6387.
First Unitarian Universalist Society
of New Haven
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. 608 Whitney Ave. Info.: Francis, (203) 562-0672.
International Church at Yale
Sunday, 11 a.m. Dwight Chapel. Info.: www.
yale.edu/icy.
Luther House -- The University Lutheran Ministry in New Haven
Sunday, 4:30 p.m. 27 High St. Service of Holy Communion in a contemporary setting. Bible study and service opportunities are available. Info.: Carl Sharon, (203) 432-1139; www.yale.edu/lutherhouse.
New Haven Friends
Sunday, 10:30 a.m. 225 East Grand Ave. Transportation will leave from Phelps Gate at 10:10 a.m. Info.: (203) 468-7364.
St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center
268 Park St. Sunday Mass, 10 a.m. & 5 p.m.; Mass, Tuesday-Thursday, 5:30 p.m.; Reconcilation, Tuesday, 6-7 p.m., or by appt.; evening prayer, Monday & Friday, 5:30 p.m. Info.: (203) 777-5537.
Services at the Joseph Slifka Center
for Jewish Life at Yale
80 Wall St. Orthodox services, Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Friday, 7:30 a.m. & 15 min. before sundown (call for times); Saturday, 9 a.m. & after sundown (call for times); Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Conservative/Egalitarian services, Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. (occasionally) & 6:30 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Reform, Friday, 5:30 p.m. The Fruity Minyan, Friday, 5:45 p.m. Downtown Minyan, Saturday, 10:30 a.m. Info.: (203) 432-1134.
Taize Candlelight Prayer
Wednesday, 9:07 p.m. Dwight Chapel. An ecumenical service of song, silence, prayer and praise featuring music from Taize. Info.: carl.sharon@
yale.edu; www.yale.edu/lutherhouse; (203) 432-1139. (University Lutheran Ministry in New Haven)
Unitarian Society of New Haven
Sunday, 9:15 a.m. & 11:15 a.m. 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden. The Reverend Kathleen McTigue. Info.: (203) 288-1807.
Yale Orthodox Christian Fellowship
5 p.m. Lovett Rm., Battell Chapel. Vespers. Info.: Xenios Papademetris, (203) 387-4220 ; www.yale. edu/ocf.
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